Annex A
COALFIELD REGENERATION ROADS: PRIORITIES
IDENTIFIED BY THE COALFIELDS COMMUNITIES CAMPAIGN
A617, N Nottinghamshire/N Derbyshire; upgrading
to provide access to the Ml from former coalfield areas. No bid
for LTP funding has been received for this scheme. It does not
appear as a regional priority in Regional Planning Guidance.
A1-SE Northumberland link road. This
road scheme comprises three sections as follows:
Pegswood Bypass—This scheme has
been given Provisional Acceptance and subject to completion of
statutory procedures construction could commence in 2005.
Morpeth Northern Bypass—a proposal
for this bid was submitted together with the Pegswood Bypass as
part of the LTP process. The scheme was rejected on grounds of
prematurity (the development site to which it was proposed to
provide access was not in an adopted Local Plan). This issue has
now been resolved and it is understood the local authority may
submit a LTP bid in the next few years.
A1-A192 Link Road—a submission
on this scheme is currently being considered by Ministers for
this Year's LTP settlement.
M18 Junction 1A, near Conisborough. No
bid for LTP funding has been received for this scheme. It does
not appear as a regional priority in Regional Planning Guidance
West Cumbria Strategic routes (A66, A595).
A number of schemes have been taken forward on the A66 and
A595 as follows:
A66 Stainburn and Great Clifton Bypass—this
scheme provides a single carriageway bypass for the villages of
Stainburn and Great Clifton and was opened to traffic in December
2002.
A66 Temple Sowerbv Bypass and Improvements—this
scheme, added to the Governments Targeted Programme of Improvements
in April 2002, will provide 4.9 kilometres of new dual carriageway
to the south of Temple Sowerby.
A595 Parton to Lillyhall Improvement—this
scheme was included in the Government's Targeted Programme of
Improvements in March 2001. The proposed scheme involves the re-routing
of the A595 Trunk Road between Parton and Lillyhall, to the north
of Whitehaven in West Cumbria. We also understand that the local
authority is also considering other transport schemes on the A595.
A19-A1(M) Durham Co/Sunderland. The Durham/Sunderland
Coalfield Regeneration
Route comprises four sections as follows:
Dawdon-Seham Link Road—this received
LTP funding and was completed in 2002.
East Durham Link Road—this was
subject to a LTP bid in 2001 but was rejected on the grounds of
a poor transport case. We understand that local authority is currently
investigating cheaper alternatives.
Hetton Bypass—no bid has been received
for the scheme.
Sunderland Central Route—this scheme
has Provisional Approval. Subject to statutory procedures, construction
is proposed for June 2005 to June 2006.
Chesterfield-Staveley regeneration route,
Derbyshire. No bid for LTP funding has been received for this
scheme. It does not appear as a regional priority in Regional
Planning Guidance.
A5225, Wigan. We understand that the
local authority is considering a possible future bid for this
scheme.
Waverley Road Scheme, Rotherham. We understand
that the local authority is considering a possible future bid
for this scheme.
A 4136, Forest of Dean A number of small
scale measures on this route have been included in Gloucestershire
LTP and have been funded through the Government's integrated block
allocation. We understand that Gloucestershire are considering
further improvement options.
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